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Monday, February 27, 1995 ASWSU: Divided it stand Fee allocation process tears senate apart By Jeff Haney Signpost campus affairs editor Triggered by the controversial and hotly contested student fee recommendation proposal, a mammoth rift has divided the AS WSU Student Senate, say some student leaders and advisers. In fact, animosity sparked by the student fee debate was witnessed during Wednesday's senate meeting to vote on the 7.4 percent student fee increase. ASWSU , Press Secretary Phil Mickey said he knew there was some firm opposition to the Student Fee Recommendation Committee's proposal, but was surprised at the verbal sparring during the Wednesday senate meeting. During Lane Jacobs' Student Fee Recommendation Committee presentation to the senate, General Studies Senator Danielle Killian refused to answer a question posed to her by Jacobs. "Senator Killian, what does success mean?" asked Jacobs. "I plead the fifth," she answered.After the explosive student senate meeting during which nontraditional senator Natasha Thomas resigned and the con- v. , i -"" s iiis dsii vt' 'V BRIAN NICHOLSON, THE SIGNPOST Craig Oberg gets more than his share of the dairy food group. He uses broth to culture different types of cheese in the lab. I iGKB n nnnnM.nn I n(UiilI(l! vj IS x : TORN troversial 7.4 percent student fee increase proposal received a nod of approval from the ASWSU legislative body, Student Government Adviser Tim Kamenar told the senate that they needed to work out their differences. Kamenar said tensions were running too high between senate members, and they needed to work out problems before they escalated out of control. A work meeting to table frustrations will be planned to help the possibly-explosive situation, he said. "No one will be there but you and me, and you can feel free to get things off your chest," he said. Thomas' announcement marks the second senate resignation this year from the 18-seat senate. Some senate members agreed with Thomas when she said that the Student Fee Recommendation o ti em rrp nrh rTh U APART Committee "reverted to childish name calling" and manipulative means to pass the student fee increase through the senate system. "I was made to feel like I was a villain because I voted nay last week," said Tim Goins, arts and humanities student senator. "I felt like I was doing my best for the students. I'm so disgusted with the whole process and the unprofessional attitude since the last senate meeting. Last week there was an edge. It was almost arrogant, as if to say, 'how dare you think of voting this down.'" Goins also said he was "appalled" with some WSU faculty and professional staff. Faculty and staff should not lobby student senators and SFRC members for student fee money, he said. See Rift page 12 Say mozzarella. . . Microbiologist milking cheese for all it's worth By Candice Caldwell Signpost staff writer When he isn't teaching microbiology, professor Craig Oberg is over his head in cheese. Oberg, along with microbiologist Jeff Broadbent and protein chemist Don McMahon, both representing Utah State University, research the bacteria used to convert milk into cheese. "All three of us work together for a federally funded research entity, and I represent Weber State University. The Western Dairy Protein Research and Technology Center funds our research," Oberg said. "Ninety-nine percent of all cheese is made with bacteria that, through certain processes, converts milk to cheese. My specialty is that bacteria," Oberg said. Oberg and his two associates currently have two patents pending for cheese products. The first patent is for a low-fat and non-fat mozzarella cheese which would be used commercially. "You can't just take any mozzarella cheese and cook it on a pizza in a commercial oven, it has to have some special properties, and we've developed a mozzarella that has those special properties," Oberg said. Most pizza restaurants do not use the same kind of mozzarella cheese available for purchase in a grocer)' store. "Your normal home oven will cook a pizza at 35(1 degrees for five or six minutes," Oberg said. "An oven at Pizza Hut will cook a pizza at 550 degrees for five or six minutes. Most normal cheeses won't do too See Cheese page 2 iL s? SFRC voice vital to student fee process, leaders say By Jeff Haney Signpost campus affairs editor Students at Weber State University are responsible for the spending of more than $4.5 million in student fees each year. No other institution of higher education in Utah allows students that voice in the allocation of student fees, said Vice President of Student Services Marie Kotter. "This is the only process that I know of like this," Kotter told ASWSU Student Senate members last week. "Be careful with this process." But Kotter, who co-chairs the nine-member Student Fee Recommendation Committee charged with the responsibility of recommending the allocation of more than $4.5 million in student fees, received thebruntof now-resigned non-traditional student senator Natasha Thomas' wrath concerning the student fee allocation process in a senate meeting Wednesday. "I truly believe that Dr. Kotter has lost sight of what the main purpose of her position is," Thomas said. "I don't' See SFRC page 12 A 1 f Volume 58 Number 58 Quick Takes A&E Beat 'em up, shoot 'em down a favorite pasttime of arcade patrons. See page 6 News MERC coordinator finds contentment in his busy life. See page 3 Opinion Role of Signpost misunderstood, not a public relations sheet for WSU. See page 4 Sports Lady 'Cats play their last home game of the year. 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Monday, February 27, 1995 ASWSU: Divided it stand Fee allocation process tears senate apart By Jeff Haney Signpost campus affairs editor Triggered by the controversial and hotly contested student fee recommendation proposal, a mammoth rift has divided the AS WSU Student Senate, say some student leaders and advisers. In fact, animosity sparked by the student fee debate was witnessed during Wednesday's senate meeting to vote on the 7.4 percent student fee increase. ASWSU , Press Secretary Phil Mickey said he knew there was some firm opposition to the Student Fee Recommendation Committee's proposal, but was surprised at the verbal sparring during the Wednesday senate meeting. During Lane Jacobs' Student Fee Recommendation Committee presentation to the senate, General Studies Senator Danielle Killian refused to answer a question posed to her by Jacobs. "Senator Killian, what does success mean?" asked Jacobs. "I plead the fifth," she answered.After the explosive student senate meeting during which nontraditional senator Natasha Thomas resigned and the con- v. , i -"" s iiis dsii vt' 'V BRIAN NICHOLSON, THE SIGNPOST Craig Oberg gets more than his share of the dairy food group. He uses broth to culture different types of cheese in the lab. I iGKB n nnnnM.nn I n(UiilI(l! vj IS x : TORN troversial 7.4 percent student fee increase proposal received a nod of approval from the ASWSU legislative body, Student Government Adviser Tim Kamenar told the senate that they needed to work out their differences. Kamenar said tensions were running too high between senate members, and they needed to work out problems before they escalated out of control. A work meeting to table frustrations will be planned to help the possibly-explosive situation, he said. "No one will be there but you and me, and you can feel free to get things off your chest," he said. Thomas' announcement marks the second senate resignation this year from the 18-seat senate. Some senate members agreed with Thomas when she said that the Student Fee Recommendation o ti em rrp nrh rTh U APART Committee "reverted to childish name calling" and manipulative means to pass the student fee increase through the senate system. "I was made to feel like I was a villain because I voted nay last week," said Tim Goins, arts and humanities student senator. "I felt like I was doing my best for the students. I'm so disgusted with the whole process and the unprofessional attitude since the last senate meeting. Last week there was an edge. It was almost arrogant, as if to say, 'how dare you think of voting this down.'" Goins also said he was "appalled" with some WSU faculty and professional staff. Faculty and staff should not lobby student senators and SFRC members for student fee money, he said. See Rift page 12 Say mozzarella. . . Microbiologist milking cheese for all it's worth By Candice Caldwell Signpost staff writer When he isn't teaching microbiology, professor Craig Oberg is over his head in cheese. Oberg, along with microbiologist Jeff Broadbent and protein chemist Don McMahon, both representing Utah State University, research the bacteria used to convert milk into cheese. "All three of us work together for a federally funded research entity, and I represent Weber State University. The Western Dairy Protein Research and Technology Center funds our research," Oberg said. "Ninety-nine percent of all cheese is made with bacteria that, through certain processes, converts milk to cheese. My specialty is that bacteria," Oberg said. Oberg and his two associates currently have two patents pending for cheese products. The first patent is for a low-fat and non-fat mozzarella cheese which would be used commercially. "You can't just take any mozzarella cheese and cook it on a pizza in a commercial oven, it has to have some special properties, and we've developed a mozzarella that has those special properties," Oberg said. Most pizza restaurants do not use the same kind of mozzarella cheese available for purchase in a grocer)' store. "Your normal home oven will cook a pizza at 35(1 degrees for five or six minutes," Oberg said. "An oven at Pizza Hut will cook a pizza at 550 degrees for five or six minutes. Most normal cheeses won't do too See Cheese page 2 iL s? SFRC voice vital to student fee process, leaders say By Jeff Haney Signpost campus affairs editor Students at Weber State University are responsible for the spending of more than $4.5 million in student fees each year. No other institution of higher education in Utah allows students that voice in the allocation of student fees, said Vice President of Student Services Marie Kotter. "This is the only process that I know of like this," Kotter told ASWSU Student Senate members last week. "Be careful with this process." But Kotter, who co-chairs the nine-member Student Fee Recommendation Committee charged with the responsibility of recommending the allocation of more than $4.5 million in student fees, received thebruntof now-resigned non-traditional student senator Natasha Thomas' wrath concerning the student fee allocation process in a senate meeting Wednesday. "I truly believe that Dr. Kotter has lost sight of what the main purpose of her position is," Thomas said. "I don't' See SFRC page 12 A 1 f Volume 58 Number 58 Quick Takes A&E Beat 'em up, shoot 'em down a favorite pasttime of arcade patrons. See page 6 News MERC coordinator finds contentment in his busy life. See page 3 Opinion Role of Signpost misunderstood, not a public relations sheet for WSU. See page 4 Sports Lady 'Cats play their last home game of the year. Sir page 9 Weather Monday Highs 50s lows 30s Partly sunny Tuesday Highs 50s lows 30s ' V I""' f r i - Partly sunny